%0 Journal Article
%T Surgical management of a diabetic calcaneal ulceration and osteomyelitis with a partial calcanectomy and a sural neurofasciocutaneous flap
%A Ioannis A. Ignatiadis
%A Vassiliki A. Tsiampa
%A Dimitrios K. Arapoglou
%A Georgios D. Georgakopoulos
%J Diabetic Foot & Ankle
%D 2010
%I Co-Action Publishing
%R 10.3402/dfa.v1i0.5544
%X The treatment of calcaneal osteomyelitis in diabetic patients poses a great challenge to the treating physician and surgeon. The use of a distally based sural neurofasciocutaneous flap after an aggressive debridement of non-viable and poorly vascularized tissue and bone that is combined with a thorough antibiotic regimen provides a great technique for adequate soft tissue coverage of the heel. In this case report, the authors describe the aforementioned flap as a versatile alternative to the use of local or distant muscle flaps for diabetic patients with calcaneal osteomyelitis and concomitant large wounds.
%K diabetic ulceration
%K plastic surgery
%K osteomyelitis
%K sural flap
%K calcaneus
%U http://diabeticfootandankle.net/index.php/dfa/article/viewFile/5544/pdf_43